“I have to say that I have been to a lot of conferences in my lifetime, but this one was the most intriguing, stimulating, and valuable I have ever attended. I told a few people that early on I was describing eXtension as something like ‘bringing Cooperative Extension up to speed’, but this is far beyond that…extremely well thought-out, disciplined while being flexible, creative, purposeful. I believe the work being done here is the most significant work since the creation of the Land Grant System itself, and absolutely critical to it’s future. Not only does it open doors we never dreamed of for education on cooperatives, but it can enable us do a lot of other things much better I want to see how we as a farmer-owned company can utilize this resource,” said William J. Nelson, President, CHS Foundation.

In addition to the 300 in attendance, more than 100 colleagues nationwide participated via web casting in all keynote addresses, and more than 50 in each of more than a dozen web cast breakout sessions.